Year 6 Greek Day - Laurel Crowns

As part of our Greek extravaganza, we have been making laurel crowns and learning about the origins and symbolisation of them.  They were worn by Greek gods as a mark of respect following an encounter between Apollo and Daphne.  Greek myths inform us that the woodland maiden, Daphne, was adamant that she would never become a possession of any man, that she set her roots so firmly into the ground that she transformed into a beautiful laurel tree.